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EEDAR: Nintendo Switch demographics (50/50 Male:Female ratio, 18-24 largest demographic)
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I hope that this, alongside Nintendo's higher than average numbers of female stuff, starts reflecting on their software output more.
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Drax, is that you? You are unable to catch that thing that flew over your head?
System was harder to get in the first year so probably more male core gamer that pre-ordered and secured their console.
In 2018 it was available everywhere and more bundles catering to a broader market were released. It makes sense.
Nintendo gets high females ratios because their software appeals to females in the 1st place. pokemon, animal crossing, aswell a games that specifically sets out to target them like style savvy gets alot of female gamers. Even more core games gets alot of females, for instance the reason Link looks so pretty and attractive is to appease them.
If it's really this even, then I got to wonder if this will become the first system where the female ratio is actually higher once Animal Crossing drops, at least temporarily.
Nintendo stands to profit immensely if they can continue to get more and more women into their console's userbase.
I know, but why rest on the laurels?
Nintendo stands to profit immensely if they can continue to get more and more women into their console's userbase.
I figure a significant percentage of the female audience can find the supposedly "male-oriented" titles appealing to them just fine.
It's never really bad to have more i guess.
for a long while if you wanted anything that wasent on a portable you'd have to get a PS4 or atleast settle on a XB1, thats not to say that there arent girls who dont appreciate the shootbangs from time to time.
Yoshi, AC and Pokemon this year will do the job. Fire emblem has a huge female userbase too.
And they still have style savvy, rythm heaven, Mario maker, etc. Lots of IPs that cater to this demographic.
for those saying a 55/45 being hard to see, think about it for a moment. on avrage fps players, exclude overwatch/fortnite, tend to be male players, female players tend to fall towards rpgs/sing player. also, they on avrages are far less likly to go to online forums like this one b/c of harassment. yes 55/45 is totaly belivable.
The 50/50 on Switch is also hard to believe. It would be cool if true, but it's pretty surprising. Also, early adopters genre split data (70-30) is not in line with Nintendo's data on April 17 (90-10) nor October 17 (86-11).
Anecdotally, this rings true for the people I know who have a Switch and is also pretty even for PS4/Xbox which seems to have a similar ratio
As other have said, excellent for the industry.
As other have said, excellent for the industry.
amazing! i was thinking it's still heavily leaning towards male, at least until later in the year.
Good news. That's a much healthier demographic split than during the first year. Very impressive that Nintendo managed to broaden the Switch's demographics so early on in its life!
Shame that they didn't seem to track anyone younger than 18. The loss of the child demographic is Nintendo's (and the game industry's as a whole) biggest problem right now...
Shame that they didn't seem to track anyone younger than 18. The loss of the child demographic is Nintendo's (and the game industry's as a whole) biggest problem right now...
My family is three switches, one male and two females. Soon to be four switches, one male and three females :)
I think it bodes very well for the games that will be released on it with that demographic.
Nobody can claim in good faith that a female protag will not sell for instance even if that has been debunked so many times now (hi Horizon).
I think it bodes very well for the games that will be released on it with that demographic.
Nobody can claim in good faith that a female protag will not sell for instance even if that has been debunked so many times now (hi Horizon).
Pretty sure Thanos didn't kill all the women in the movie.
Women partake in gaming communities less, because gaming communities are full of those kinds of people.
and this is before AC? impressively balanced.
a lot of my female friends will be getting a switch just for AC
a lot of my female friends will be getting a switch just for AC
I have a Switch and my girlfriend has a Switch so their numbers check out.
In all seriousness, this is very good news. The ratio was very lopsided at the beginning and had me worried that it would affect Nintendo's software output negatively.
In all seriousness, this is very good news. The ratio was very lopsided at the beginning and had me worried that it would affect Nintendo's software output negatively.
People say "outrage culture" is a right wing talking point using nonsense outliers to tar genuine cases of discrimination with the same brush..
People eh?
Bear in mind potential differences in data collection methods. Nintendo's figures come from asking "what is the age and gender of the person in your household who had the strongest desire to purchase Nintendo Switch?", a question that excludes all but one individual in multi-player households.
Yes, you are right and I'm not saying this data is wrong. But it's difficult to make an assessment without knowing which methods they used to obtain the data. For example, they totally ignored the existence of under 18 users, so does it mean that the data comes from who buys the console?. That would mean a mother buying a Switch for her son would wrongly count as a female user. We don't really know, that's what I meant.
In your defence, I've never seen the film so I read it in a similar way since i only know of the wiping away 50% meme when it comes to Thanos (well that and dropping the cosmic cube). I was very much like "What the nani?"
Marvel peeps need to realise not everyone knows their inside jokes. This is a videogame board rather than a comics board after all.
I don't see anything related to gender in the Japanese Q&A... but maybe it's because of a lack of vocabulary for me.
Ok, I just saw the English translation that came out this morning.
Wow, 50/50 in the US, thats pretty impressive.
I am worried though because that means that women are invading videogames and we might not be safe.
I am worried though because that means that women are invading videogames and we might not be safe.
yeah im joking if you cant tell
I'm starting to get a lot of comments towards this report on the 50:50 gender ratio, and they are saying they are skeptical of the data obtained. They feel that the data isn't genuine, as (according to them) Nintendo don't outright hand out data such as demographic genders. Any insights on how to explain this to them?
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Nook is gonna bath in money again this year
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Actually, the younger demographic (age less than 18 years old) were excluded from this gender ratio data report.
Does anyone know why though? Or is this because the children or young teenagers under the age of 18 don't have legal consent to be part of the report/survey?
The biggest and most pleasent surprise to me is the 50/50 male female ratio. Awesome to see gaming embraced by more females!
I have some friends who would go ballistic for a Sailor Moon game.
That's really impressive. This were very skewed early on, surprised it equalized so quickly even with the great success it's seen.
I imagine AC is going to be an even bigger monster seller than previously expected. FE hopefully as well too.
Also give us a BotW sequel starring Zelda in the Sacred Realm like a Zelda version of Alice in Wonderland.
I imagine AC is going to be an even bigger monster seller than previously expected. FE hopefully as well too.
Also give us a BotW sequel starring Zelda in the Sacred Realm like a Zelda version of Alice in Wonderland.
Yes, the numbers are now being questioned (by other commenters on Reddit, of course).
If only NPD Group would reveal how the numbers are calculated, otherwise, people would start to distrust the numbers being reported.
I think it's much more than that. The favourite switch games for my wife are bayonetta, diablo 3 and the binding of isaac.
But I think Animal Crossing will be a hit both with her and my daughters.